How did colors get to be associated with political ideologies?

I know that left =%26gt; liberal and that right =%26gt; conservative, which began during the French Revolution.





But how did the United States get to associating blue states/counties with liberals/Democrats, and red states/counties with conservatives/Republicans? Do other nations describe their politics similarly?





And why not yellow and green? Or maybe orange and fuchsia?

How did colors get to be associated with political ideologies?
I think that only dates back to the 2000 election, when for the first time all the networks used the same colors for the political parties on their election maps. And of course we kept seeing those same election maps plastered on our TV screens for over a month while the results from Florida were contested and recounted.
Reply:Ask the TV networks, they chose the colors. In Korea, Red stands for hard, hot, heaven %26amp; masculine. Blue for soft, cold, earth %26amp; feminine.
Reply:red should represent democrats..


red=communists=libs
Reply:Republicans got stuck with the RED because they are always red-baiting and calling everyone who disagrees with them a "communist." It's only fitting they're now the reds!


Their policies are as loony and ineffectual as the communists in practice, their leaders as corrupt.





At least the Greens can hopefully stake a claim to to that color!

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